(MOJO) as in Mobile Journalism.
I recently started my new Blog: My road to recovery, sharing my experience as a Canadian Veteran in the Former Yugoslavia and Somalia and Gulf War. My recovery from PTSD and I will share some of my talks with the dedicate people helping me getting thru 24 years of hidden emotions.

Sunday, 20 October 2013

During the warm month of September, I had the opportunity to join a group of wine enthusiast and head south in British Columbia to visit several wineries of the Okanagan region. Playing golf in the morning and tasting wine in the afternoon was a great way to visit this wonderful region. a discovery for me as I had never travelled south BC before.
We had organized several tours for our Okanagan long week end but i have to admit, Le Vieux Pins and La Stella wineries made our trip memorable. Mike and Kam atLe Vieux Pin really did a superb job hosting us. Same goes to Alex from La Stella who welcomed us the day after with open arms and prepared a special event for our group.

During our visit at Le Vieux Pin, Michael gave me a tour of the estate and I had a chat with him at the end of the tour where he gave me a candid interview on camera. for our next trip to the Okanagan, I am looking forward to speak to a Severine, winemaker from the Old World and now at Le Vieux Pin.

CEO and Winemaker Sandra Oldfield flanked by Terry Meyer-Stone takes on Social Media this evening to speak to us about the great wines at Tinhorn Creek. Sandra started with their Merlot. Describing how Tinhorn Merlot will be this year and from which lot the grapes are came from. She then followed with the Cabernet Franc. then she presented the 2Bench Red 2010, Bordeaux Blend, we actually tasted that one during our visit 3 weeks ago, it was my absolute fav. I really enjoyed this session. To me it speaks volume on how they are interested in connecting with wine enthusiast from all over Canada and the world.

Monday, 15 July 2013

MISSION: Close to 900 soldiers from Shilo and Edmonton
will participate in the third and final rotation of Operation ATTENTION, the
Canadian Contribution Training Mission — Afghanistan (CCTM-A) from June 2013 to
March 2014. (Source - DND 2013)

A well-spoken soldier from Brandon, Manitoba, Ian recently got
posted to CFB Shilo after a two years posting with the Army Public Affairs in
Ottawa. I remember that Ian rapidly became a sharp reporter, not surprising with his Army background and field experience, he had 'Street Creds' to back up the video News stories he was involved with.

I contactedSgt
Ian Taiton the day of his
departure and he kindly agreed to keep in touch with me, so that I can Blog on
the Canadian Mission thru his eyes. I should be getting photos from him, and I
will arrange for a Skype interview later during his tour. I indent
to post updates on a regular basis.

WHY: I
want to make sure that these Canadian soldiers are not forgotten from the
public. I recall in the 90' when I served in Bosnia/Croatia as a PA
Photographer/Cameraman, the more the mission was continuing, the less interest
there was in Canada. So, by the end of the 90' nobody actually gave a crap
about our Canadian Soldiers serving overseas on UN Mission.

Sgt Ian Tait - Afghanistan, July 2013

*Army News: Army News had been created by the Former Army CommanderLieutenant-General Michael Jeffery in order to communicate and inform Soldiers and Families on what's going on in the Canadian Army.

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Happy New Year and I happy to publish this new story from Cozumel, Mexico. I had the opportunity during my vacation in Cozumel to interview Benny Campos, Cozumel PGA Golf Professional and General manager. Benny gave me a tour of the facility. From the Golf course to the Proshop, this is a Top notch Golf facility. I played the course and it is one that requires course management... fairways are tight and any error and its Jungle time....

Thanks to Benny Campos and his team for this wonderful day at Cozumel Golf & CountryChristian C